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Moore the merrier as Valley topple Tuaisceart
BOYNE VALLEY… 0-16 AN TUAISCEART… 0-14 Rathkenny custodian Finn Moore was the toast of the River Boyne on Sunday evening after his late long range free guided the ensemble representing the east of the county – and two time winners – past the current holders of the Richie Barry Cup at Devenish Park on Sunday…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Nov. 3rd 2026
12.00: SOME SONG (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 12.35: SCHIEHALLION (ALEX BALFE (4*)/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 1.10: MAHZUZ – EW – (AIDAN KELLY/PADRAIG ROCHE) 1.45: BON BON FIZZ (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.20: QUINTA DO LAGO (JACK KENNEDY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 2.55: JOLLY POTTER – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (5)/JAMES A. FAHEY) 3.30: TUDORISTA – EW – (CIAN QUIRKE/EDDIE POWER) 4.04:…
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Corkery clips over insurance score as Regionals open with a cracker
TARA…3-12 MOYFENRAGH…1-16 Ben Corkery clipped over a late insurance score as the realigned Tara amalgam just about saw off those who now represent the Moyfenragh area after a pulsating encounter which raised the curtain on the Meath Regional Football Championship for 2026 at Devenish Park, Dunganny on Sunday afternoon. Dunshaughlin/Royal Gaels’ had the distinction of…
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Regional Football Championship – Round 1 team news – Game 2
Updated – 2/11/26 (5.05pm) Boyne Valley manager Joe Cowley had senior sides Seneschalstown and Rathkenny and St Colmcille’s and beaten county finalists Donaghmore/Ashbourne among his deck of cards to pick from as his side set out to win their third Richie Barry Cup title in the four years since the championships inception. Therein they would…
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Regional Football Championship – Round 1 team news
(Updated 1/11/2026, 9.27pm) The team news is in for the curtain raiser of the Brady’s Automotive Regional Football Championship with Moyfenragh taking on Tara at Devenish Park Dunganny. The match has a 12 noon throw in. Moyfenragh manager Joey Farrelly and his selectors have put together a strong starting 15 with nine different clubs represented…
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Ciara Mageean – RIP
Breaking Irish and indeed world sport is in mourning this morning with the news that Olympian and European Champion athlete Ciara Mageean this morning lost her courageous battle with bowel cancer. She was 34. A brief statement on the Portaferry lady’s Instagram account said: “At 6.30 this morning, Ciara lost her battle with cancer surrounded…
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Selections for Cork – Nov. 1st 2026
12.30: MAILLOCHE (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.05: TINTARA – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.40: IN FOR THE NIGHT – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER/CONOR O’DWYER) 2.15: ROC DINO (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.50: LOVE ME TENDER (HARRY COBDEN/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.25: BANTER AT THE BAR – EW – (HARRY COBDEN/MICHAEL MORRIS) 4.00: NUKIES ARTIC – EW – (JACK…
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Selections for Curragh – Nov. 1st 2026
12.17: CHOCTAW NATION (PADDY HARNETT (3)/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 12.52: SMOKE THEM OUT – EW – (SADHBH TORMEY (7)/TOM MCCOURT) 1.27: HAZDAAN – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 2.02: SPACE BOUND – EW – (PADDY MCGETTIGAN (5)/DANNY MCLOUGHLIN) 2.37: ASAKIR (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 3.12: UNCLE GOALIE – EW – (LUKE MCATEER/RORY DEVINE) 3.47: STARTING FIFTEEN – EW…
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Lack of familiar faces is the real fear factor
LEINSTER… 50 CONNACHT… 5 They haven’t gone away you know. Watching their marauding barbarism took the mind back to a GAA match almost three decades ago. The Leinster football final of 1997. When Meath took to the field with a full back line of Ned Kearney, Kevin Cahill and Donal Curtis. The following is not…
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Selections for Down Royal – Oct. 31st 2026
1.00: KENOUGH (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 1.30: SKERRY HILL (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.05: WHOLELOTOFBUSINESS – EW – (DAN KING/EOIN MCCARTHY) 2.38: LADIES WELL – EW – (CIAN QUIRKE/ANDY SLATTERY) 3.15: BANBRIDGE (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.50: KOKTAIL DIVIN (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 4.20: BRAVEMANS CALL – EW – (JOEY DUNNE (7)/EOIN MCCARTHY)
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